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AMD 3D V-Cache CPU memory used to create incredibly fast RAM disk (www.techspot.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Stiven_Crysis@alien.top to c/gadgets@hardware.watch

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[–] ArguesWithHalfwits@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Can someone please eli5

[–] Stamboolie@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

L3 cache sits on the same chip as the CPU, its incredibly fast and usually pretty small (96MB in this example). This software turns that little bit of memory into a ram disk. Why not make the L3 cache bigger I hear you say - cause its expensive.

Also, the cache is usually used for code so if you use the cache for data your software will run slower.

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